On 2008-02-09, Phillip Thorne <pethorne@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> When astronauts type in orbit, does microgravity mean they have to
> do extra work to return their fingers to the keys? Or does gravity
> play only a minor role in touch-typing?
Pretty trivial.
> This could be partially tested on Earth by arranging a keyboard in a
> vertical or inverted position; the problem is that your arms would
> fatigue in that posture.
I have typed in some pretty odd positions with a laptop. E.g. laptop
screen flat on the floor, keyboard resting near-vertically against the
side of the bed, arms hanging down to type on the keyboard. (Biggest
problem being a lack of support for my head)
> If you didn't already know that the STS-121 mission was in July
> 2006, how could interpret that datestamp? Is it ordered as mm.dd.yy
> (American style), dd.mm.yy (European), or yy.mm.dd (computer)?
I can't remember ever seeing a computer datestamp in yy.mm.dd format.
Almost all of them have been either formatted to the current locale,
yyyy-mm-dd (with or without the dash separators), or the horrible (but
unambiguous) RFC 822 email format.
- Tim
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